Java tutorial
import java.io.FileInputStream; import java.io.InputStream; public class Main { public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception { byte[] buffer = new byte[5]; InputStream is = new FileInputStream("C://test.txt"); System.out.println("Characters printed:"); // read stream data into buffer is.read(buffer, 2, 3); // for each byte in the buffer for (byte b : buffer) { char c = ' '; // convert byte to character if (b == 0)// if b is empty c = '-'; else c = (char) b;// if b is read System.out.print(c); } is.close(); } }